Five-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks
Object Details
- Description
- Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; tall form with wide projecting collar at both ends; richly mottled tones of pale to dark brown with traces of green and yellow; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and corner ridges, circles, linear and meander patterns. (Collar and corners chipped.)
- Acquired with box and stand, now lost.
- Provenance
- To 1917
- Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1917 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1177, pg. 272, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
- Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Culture
- Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 3300-2250 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic period
- Accession Number
- F1917.95
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Ceremonial Object
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14.5 x 6.7 x 7 cm (5 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/4 in)
- Diam (hole): 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Lake Tai region, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Jades for Life and Death
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- jade
- nephrite
- Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1917.95
